A St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer and a suspect were both injured in a shooting

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A St. Paul police officer and a suspect were both injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

It happened around 2 p.m. near the intersection of Cretin and Marshall avenues, St. Paul police said in a tweet on its official account on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“The officer and the suspect were both injured in this shooting,” the department said, without providing details about what happened or their circumstances. “There is no threat to the public from this incident.”

Sergeant Mike Ernster, the department's spokesman, said they are not immediately sharing any further information, but will likely release more at a news conference Thursday evening.

Helicopter video from KMSP-TV showed several police cars near the intersection, as well as a gray van with the driver's door open near the pumps at a gas station.

Metro Transit said it had rerouted two bus routes in the area due to the police activity. The nearby University of St. Thomas advised students and staff to avoid the area but said the incident would not affect classes.

The state Bureau of Criminal Investigation will lead the investigation, as it often does in officer-involved shootings.

BCA spokeswoman Bonney Bowman said she could confirm the agency's Force Investigations Unit responded to the scene, but she said she will not share more information until the preliminary investigation is complete.

An agency fact sheet about the process says the goal is to complete the investigation within 60 days and forward the results to the district attorney for a charging decision. The process includes interviews with the officials involved; autopsies if an incident is fatal; reviews of body cameras, squad cameras, and surveillance videos; processing forensic evidence; and collecting policy documents from officers and departments.